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From Person [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]]
From Person [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]]


[[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and [[Koot Hoomi|Koothumi]] found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother theosophists should all feel encouraged knowing that he has found the blessed masters and been called  
[[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and [[Koot Hoomi|Koothumi]] found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother theosophists should all feel encouraged in knowing that he has found the blessed masters and been called  


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Revision as of 04:00, 6 November 2013

Quick Facts
People involved
Written by: H. S. Olcott
Received by: H. P. Blavatsky
Sent via: unknown
Dates
Written on: unknown
Received on: November 25 or 27, 1883 - see below
Other dates: none
Places
Sent from: Jammu
Received at: Madras, India
Via: none

This is Letter No. 128 in Barker numbering. See below for Context and background.

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Cover sheet

No. 2 from Olcott

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NOTES:

Page 1 transcription, image, and notes

INDIAN TELEGRAPH

To Station Adyar Madras From Station Jammoo

To Person Madame Blavatsky Editor of the Theosophist.

From Person Colonel Olcott

Damodar left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and Koothumi found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother theosophists should all feel encouraged in knowing that he has found the blessed masters and been called

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NOTES:

Page 2

by them. The dear boys recent developments astonishing Hooney bids me await orders.

Madras 25-11-83. Hour 17-30.

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NOTES:

  • Hooney was probably a misspelling of Koot Hoomi by the telegraph operator.


Context and background

Physical description of letter

The original is in the British Library, Folio 3. George Linton and Virginia Hanson described the letter and its companion, No. 115, in this way:

Two telegrams from HSO to HPB regarding the disappearance of DKM. The note on ML-129 from KH is in blue pencil, added probably while the telegram was in transit.[1]

Publication history

Commentary about this letter

Notes

  1. George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 184.


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